Is this a personal email? Does it even mean anything?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Santa Barbara
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Dear ___________,

I’m writing on behalf of the mathematics faculty at UC Santa Barbara’s College of Creative Studies. We’ve noticed that you are a promising applicant to the math major here at UCSB in the College of Letters and Science. I would like to invite you to instead consider majoring in mathematics through the College of Creative Studies (CCS).

The math program in the CCS is designed to foster the development of a small, carefully selected group of highly talented students into research active colleagues in the mathematics community. Our students enjoy many special privileges within the university and the majority

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Please feel free to reply to this email with any questions, and should you be visiting campus in the near future, I am happy to meet with you to discuss the CCS program. More information about campus visits can be found here: https://ccs.ucsb.edu/math/contact

Wherever you end up, I am fully confident that you will achieve great things during your university career and beyond, and I wish you all the best.

Karel Casteels

I received this email from a UCSB Math prof a while ago, is this most likely a good sign? What does it even mean?

Pretty decent ECs/Essays
4.04 UC
3.75 UW UC
2320 SAT
800 Math Level 2

Didn’t receive regents or Chancellor’s invite…

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It means you met whatever criteria the CCS math dept uses to screen applicants to UCSB for those they want to send this letter to.

The letter, of course, is a good sign. Not getting regents or Chancellor’s invite, perhaps based on a different way of looking at your app, is not.

In the end, what does it matter? You’ll hear from UCSB soon enough.

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Thanks @mikemac. But it’s weird that I still haven’t found a single person who’s received a similar email. But, I guess I’ll find out in less than 24 hours now.

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For anyone reading this in the future, I did think this was a strong indication towards admission as I was accepted into L&S w/ honors.